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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1960

147 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 8

Road Safety Asks For More Painted Kerbs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 February 1960 · page 3

As a result of reports of the success of a painted kerb near Hotel Queanbeyan as a parking…

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Road Safety Council Wants A Parking Policeman For Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 February 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council will ask the Superintendent of Traffic, to give consideration to making parking policemen available in Queanbeyan for a trial period. The Branch decided on…

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“Crusade” Has No Connection With Road Safety Body

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council, was advised at its last meeting that a Mr…

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Burra Road Sealing Completed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 March 1960 · page 1

Sealing of the first 3½ miles of the reconstructed portion of the Burra Road has been completed, Shire…

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Molonglo River Bridge “Silting Up”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1960 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council engineer, Mr. J. O’ Brien told the council last week that a preliminary cost of…

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Captain’s Flat News and Notes Man Injured In Road Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1960 · page 6

A man was injured last Saturday, when the panel van he was driving, collided with a truck on the…

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CORRESPONDENCE Cameron Road- The Dust Bowl Of Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 March 1960 · page 2

Dear Sir, — What a pity Mr. Editor, that we have not a couple of aldermen living in Cameron Road…

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Car Damaged In Jerangle Road Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 March 1960 · page 4

Last week, Mrs., Marie Bunyan had 2 lucky [?] when her car skidded in loose gravel and plunged…

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School Safety Patrol Ignored By Motorists

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 March 1960 · page 1

Instances have recently occurred where Road Safety flags in position on the main street outside the Queanbeyan Primary School, have been ignored by…

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No Room on Road for Motorists Who Drink, Says Magistrate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 March 1960 · page 4

Stipendiary magistrate, Mr. A. Fordyce told two men who appeared before him in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday that there was…

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Shire Council Adopts Five Year Programme for Main & Trunk Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1960 · page 3

Yrrowlumla Shire Council has adopted a five-year programme of improvement works on Trunk and Main roads, which provides for the reconstruction and…

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Rugby Union Whites And Royals At Northbourne In First Comp. Game No Train —No Game

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1960 · page 8

Queanbeyan Rugby Union teams meet Canberra Royals in all grades at Northbourne Oval in the initial games of the opening A.C.T.R.U. round tomorrow…

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560 Mile Motor Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1960 · page 2

Tomorrow (Saturday, April 2) the Canberra Sporting Car Club will conduct its major event for…

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Shire Completes Coast Road To Railway Crossing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 April 1960 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council has completed reconstruction and sealing of the road to the coast” as far as the Burbong railway crossing. The was indicated to Tuesday’s meeting of the council by…

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Road Safety wants Police On Duty 24 Hours A Day

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 April 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council will ask Queanbeyan Municipal Council to make application to the Superintendent of Police for a police officer to be on full time duty 24 hours a day at Queanbeyan…

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Captain’s Flat District Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 April 1960 · page 4

Three motor accidents in the Captain’s Flat district resulted in one injured person, one truck…

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Road Toll Figures Are An Easter Warning

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 April 1960 · page 4

The Secretary of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales (Mr. W. W. D. Harrison) said this…

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Many Accident on Bend of Goulburn Road Near Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 April 1960 · page 2

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has requested its engineer to inspect a “dangerous corner” on the…

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Shire to Spend £250 on Jerangle Road Cr. James Out Spoken

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 April 1960 · page 4

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council will spend £250 on gravelling the 2¾ miles of the Jerangle Road between Captain’s Flat and the Monaro Shire boundary…

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Commissioner For Railways To Visit Here

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 April 1960 · page 1

The N.S.W. Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Neil McCusker will be making a short visit to…

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